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What's this talk about connecting a PS3 to the genie? Can you use it as another remote client?

Yes, several devices are being looked at to be RVU enabled. Samsung is already looking into making some Blu-Ray players RVU enabled. I doubt they will offer software updates for it as I would assume they want you to buy their new equipment, but we'll see.

The theory proposed in the article is that it decreases the heat in the box. Heat kills hard drives so this could help prolong the life of the DVR...It's a theory.

Mike

One thing I heard about external power supplies is that It was mainly done to reduce repair costs and service calls since they are most the component most likely to fail. Besides who wants to loose all their recordings over a dagum power supply. Now they can just mail one out.

I was really hoping for 8 tuners, taking advantage of the SWiM 8's already out there, allowing for 1 streaming tuner to each of the 3 clients with 5 tuners left over to record and watch on the main TV, with a 2TB hard drive and 200 series links. Now that would have blown the competition out of the water.

Who cares about smaller? In order to match the capabilities of the new hopper, you need to do the following.

1. Add external 2TB drive to match Hopper's built in 2TB drive
2. Add Nomad box to match Hopper's built in ability for offline viewing on Ipad
3. Add Slingbox to match Hopper's built in Sling capability for remote viewing
4. Add extra C31 box for aforementioned Slingbox to work (unless you want to tie up the HR44 for remote viewings on the Slingbox)

When you add in those 4 extra boxes and cords to match what one Hopper does with one box, the whole "smaller form factor" kinda loses it's appeal (not to mention the extra cost and hassle of all those extra boxes).

Am I missing something here or did D* make a huge mistake and think that there HR34 from last year had all the features needed and didn't need improvement?

Who cares about smaller? In order to match the capabilities of the new hopper, you need to do the following.

1. Add external 2TB drive to match Hopper's built in 2TB drive2. Add Nomad box to match Hopper's built in ability for offline viewing on Ipad3. Add Slingbox to match Hopper's built in Sling capability for remote viewing4. Add extra C31 box for aforementioned Slingbox to work (unless you want to tie up the HR44 for remote viewings on the Slingbox)

When you add in those 4 extra boxes and cords to match what one Hopper does with one box, the whole "smaller form factor" kinda loses it's appeal (not to mention the extra cost and hassle of all those extra boxes).

Am I missing something here or did D* make a huge mistake and think that there HR34 from last year had all the features needed and didn't need improvement?

Someone else asked my first question about the hd...

As for the other points..

I think your short cutting a few things there. Can the hopper offload shows from a second hopper without sling? Does the hopper work with other older dvrs? Part of the reason Direct went with the nomad, I think, is so they could have any of their hd dvrs work with it, rather than having to build extra stuff and use more resources on the dvr itself, and limit that type of feature to only certain models, which is what Dish has done. Dish is forcing customers to upgrade their entire systems for most these features, where as Directv is taking a different route. Add a nomad, and enabling streaming directly to mobile devices via ip rather than from your boxes. And they are doing all that without requiring you to go to a genie system if you don't want to. So why would they try and build a sling into the genie when they already are working on more reliable solutions. Sling remote streaming depends on your own personal upload speeds. Directvs solutions do not, and that's a big deal for a lot of people, especially those without fios.

As someone else said, I wouldn't be surprised if before long, Directv allows streaming of most channels and most on demand content directly to the ipad without the need to use a directv box at all. That won't take away from the nomads purpose though, as that to me is all about your recorded content. However, they are obviously already moving towards these solutions. Does Dish allow you to stream channels live to your ipad just for having service with them without regard for what equipment you have? I don't know the answer to that, I am curious if they have a solution for those without the new hopper.

I see that it has built in wi-fi, but I didn't see any mention about the C41 client that I have read about. Is the C41 supposed to be wireless?
Also, will a Genie client see more than one Genie Server at the same time?
The reason that I ask is, I was thinking about upgrading one of my HR24's to a HR44 when it comes out.
I have a HR34 and four HR24's to serve HDTV's. If I replaced one of the 24's with the HR44, I would gain a tuner, but need a client box to serve one of the TV's that a HR24 is at.
I was just wondering if a client can see more than one server at one time, or do you choose the server that the client box is fed from?